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10 PAPAKURA COURIER, JANUARY 12, 2011
NEWS
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Study shows
diabetes cost
By MELISSA KINEALY
Diabetes cost the
Counties Manukau Dis-
trict Health Board $133
million last year and the
cost is rising.
The board s public
health doctor Gary Jack-
son analysed the cost of
treating people with dia-
betes.
He says the the $133m
was a substantial chunk
of the $560m allocated
for the board to provide
hospital, pharmacy and
laboratory services.
The problem is just
too big to ignore, he
says. We should be
doing more.
About 436,000 people
from Counties Manukau
went to the doctor or the
hospital and 29,000 of
them were identified as
having diabetes.
Mr Jackson says those
numbers are conserva-
tive because they don t
include people with dia-
betes who haven t sought
medical help.
Between 2007 and
2009 the cost of treating
people with diabetes also
increased by around
$150 per person.
People with diabetes
cost the health board 2.5
times as much as other
patients and the cost of
treating all ethnic
groups is on the rise.
Maori with diabetes
received the most care
overall and cost $6300
per person last year.
Renal dialysis was the
biggest part of Maori dia-
betes cost, Mr Jackson
says.
That increase was
closely followed by
Pacific people with a
$600 jump in two years
to $4900 per person with
diabetes.
With a $2m budget for
the board s Creating a
Better Future strategy
and an expected $16m
increase in spending on
people with diabetes last
year he says more needs
to be done.
Mr Jackson says the
board s doing better at
managing the high end
of diabetes by keeping
people alive through
things like dialysis and
leg amputation.
But this is just money
that you wouldn t need to
spend if you could pre-
vent it in the first place.
His research is an
extension of a previous
study on the cost of car-
diovascular disease and
diabetes but with a sole
focus on diabetes.
It s being discussed by
the health board as part
of its regional strategic
plan.
New music event
South Auckland plays
host to a new music festi-
val this Easter.
GrassRoots, a two-day
event at Puhinui Reserve
in Manukau, will bring
together international
and local acts from
genres with a firm hold
on blues and roots-based
music.
More than 30 artists
will perform, including
United States greats BB
King, Elvis Costello and
The Imposters, Ben
Harper and Relentless7,
Eric Bibb and Ruthie
Foster.
Coming from Mexico is
Rodrigo y Gabriela, and
homegrown acts include
Paul Ubana Jones, Cairo
Knife Fight, Ticket, Don
McGlashan and Sola
Rosa.
More bands are to be
announced at the end of
January.
Camping and parking
will be available for the
full weekend and there ll
be food and drink stalls,
a New Zealand food and
wines hall, a market vil-
lage and bars on site.
GrassRoots is on April
23-24. Go to www.grass
rootsfestival.co.nz for
tickets and information.